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This is becoming an annual tradition - a repeat performance of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" - with fantastic cast! Stay tuned and save the date...

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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Bethel Congregational Church Sanctuary

The opera tells the story of a young boy named Amahl who lives in poverty with his mother. One night, their home is visited by the Three Kings, who are seeking shelter on their way to Bethlehem. This heavenly story about giving to others perfectly captures the Christmas spirit, no matter the time of year!

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

Amahl and the Night Visitors is a family-friendly opera and has been enduringly popular since its premier in 1951. Commissioned by NBC as the first opera written for television, Amahl and the Night Visitors debuted on December 24, 1951 becoming the first network television Christmas special to become an annual tradition. Composer Gian Carlo Menotti drew inspiration for the opera from Hieronymus Bosch’s The Adoration of the Magi, which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and from his childhood in Italy where gifts were brought at Christmas by the Three Kings instead of Santa Claus.

Central Presbyterian Church Denver

BARN OPERA has developed a reputation over the past 4 years for their heartwarming and poignant, “Community-Christmas-Card,” production of Amahl & the Night Visitors at the Salisbury Congregational Church. This year, for the first time, the production will be traveling to Williston Federated Church and introducing this wonderful event to the Williston and Chittenden County community as well. The acclaimed production is to be headlined by the dream team of Sopranos Helen Lyons and Ambrose Cusick, Baritones (and Music Director/Associate Director of BARN OPERA) Cailin Marcel Manson, Nicholas Tocci, Tenor (and Artistic Director of BARN OPERA) Joshua Collier, and Cameron Wescott, with Kristen Carr leading the production from the piano.

Amahl & the Night Visitors (Williston Federated Church #2)

Barn Opera

Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti

Union County Performing Arts Center

Amahl and The Night Visitors

Hill-Stead Museum

A holiday family favorite, this classic tale tells the story of a poor young child who encounters the three wise men on their journey to visit the newborn Christ-child. Brought to you in association with Botanic Research Institute of Texas and performed at Fort Worth Botanic Garden.

Amahl & The Night Visitor

Fort Worth Botanic Garden

The Salt Lake Symphony enthusiastically continues our collaboration with the University of Utah Opera and The Grand Theater at Salt Lake Community College for another set of performances of Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors and Leavitt and Buck’s A Christmas Carol. The holiday spirit is guaranteed! Ticket information TBA.

The Grand Theatre

This beloved Christmas opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, tells the story of Amahl, a shepherd boy who has a propensity to tell tall tales, and his mother. Amahl’s most recent story is about a star with a tail that moves across the sky like a chariot on fire. When three splendid strangers knock on the door and ask to rest in their tiny home, Amahl is thrilled and fascinated. When the visitors describe the miraculous child they are seeking, both Amahl and his mother are moved to give reverence to the child as well. Their humble faith conjures a miracle. Sung in English with English supertitles.

Mannoni Performing Arts Center Auditorium

The Medium is a one-act opera by Gian Carlo Menotti set in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Madame Flora, a fraudulent medium who pretends to communicate with the dead, along with her two assistants, Monica and Toby. Madame Flora begins to experience a series of terrifying events during her seances, including physical contact from an apparition she cannot see. In a desperate attempt to prove her sanity, Madame Flora stages a fake seance with Toby disguised as the ghost of a murdered child. However, the real ghost of the child appears and Madame Flora is driven to the brink of insanity. Come see this chilling opera, performed in Spanish with English titles.

La Médium

Rose Marine Theater

In Menotti’s chilling opera The Medium, fake seances are business as usual for Madame Flora. However, on a fateful night, the usual façade shatters, leading to a series of events that promises to send shivers down your spine.

The Medium

Studio 308

The stakes of Angels Vocal Art’s upcoming presentation of Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Consul are high. A political dissident, John Sorel, is on the run from the secret police. His wife, Magda Sorel, will do everything to protect him, even travelling to the consulate, desperate to obtain a visa. She joins a crowd of hopefuls waiting for a response, only to face more obstacles. Meanwhile, John’s mother sings to comfort the sick child, and even a magician entertaining the secretary does not succeed. Magda’s journeys take her to the edge of despair, and a desperate race against time. Witness the heart-rending story of a courageous family's struggle for freedom when Angels Vocal Art presents The Consul, starring Elizabeth Baldwin, Jacob Bowman, Laura Zahn, Victoria Livengood, Sejin Park, and Chris Hunter. Don't miss a single moment!

The Consul

Manoukian Performing Arts Center

Step into the world of the celebrated composer Menotti, as Angels Vocal Art presents his masterpieces, "The Old Maid and the Thief" and "The Telephone". Witness the captivating storylines come to life through the powerful voices of our talented performers. Join us on July 21st and 22nd, 2023 at the Munson Hall in Azusa Pacific University, for a whirlwind evening of music and drama. Don't miss out on this spectacular event!

The Old Maid and the Thief The Telephone

Azusa Pacific University

Opera Philadelphia brings its multitalented singers, orchestra, and chorus to the Twilight Concert Series at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken for a family-friendly night of opera conducted by Collingswood’s Elizabeth Braden. The free, 90-minute concert begins with some of opera’s most beloved and popular songs and concludes with a full performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s magical holiday classic Amahl and the Night Visitors, about a little shepherd boy who encounters the Three Kings on their way to Bethlehem.

Dubbed Opera Philadelphia's Christmas in July, the concert is part of a special 2023 Twilight Concert Series lineup to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Cooper River Park. Patrons are encouraged to bring their own chairs. There is free parking on site.

Amahl and the Night Visitors is a family-friendly opera and has been enduringly popular since its premiere in 1951. It tells the story of Amahl, a shepherd boy who has a propensity to tell tall tales, and his mother. Amahl’s most recent story is about a star with a tail that moves across the sky like a chariot on fire. When three splendid strangers knock on the door and ask to rest in their tiny home, Amahl is thrilled and fascinated. When the visitors describe the miraculous child they are seeking, both Amahl and his mother are moved to give reverence to the child as well. Their humble faith conjures a miracle.

Opera Philadelphia’s Christmas in July

Cooper River Park

Danielle Roach (M.M. '23, vocal pedagogy) presents a voice recital.

Student Recital: Danielle Roach, Voice

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

STAR Repertory Theatre

The SLS happily returns to our holiday collaboration with the UofU Opera and the SLCC Grand Theatre for 4 performances of Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors and Leavitt and Buck’s A Christmas Carol. A holiday tradition for the entire family!

Gian-Carlo Menotti

Composer

Events

Jan 7, 2024

Amahl and the Night Visitors · Southland Symphony Orchestra

6 - 7 Jan, 2024

Amahl and the Night Visitors · Tulsa Opera

23 - 24 Dec, 2023

Amahl and the Night Visitors · Central City Opera

21 - 22 Dec, 2023

Amahl & the Night Visitors (Williston Federated Church #2) · Barn Opera

12 - 15 Dec, 2023

Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti · New Jersey Opera

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